July 5, 1951
No local holiday celebrations marked the Fourth of July in the past nine years in Sweet Home. In 1946, three grade school boys sold fireworks outside city limits, which is now illegal. The mayor began allowance of fireworks in 1948. In 1949, sparks from a firecracker were thought to have caused the total destruction by fire of the Santiam Feed store warehouse at 11th and L streets. A free fireworks display…